"Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee."
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Verse Jeremiah 10:7. _WHO WOULD NOT FEAR THEE_] Who would not
_worship_ thee as the Author and Giver of all good? The _fear of God_
is often taken for the whole of true _religion_.
_AMONG ALL THE WIS...
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O KING OF NATIONS - i. e., pagan nations. Yahweh is not the national
God of the Jews only, but He reigns over all mankind Psalms 22:28.
IT - i. e., everything.
IN ALL THEIR KINGDOMS - More correctly...
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CHAPTER 10
The Vanity of Idols
_ 1. Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven (Jeremiah 10:1) _
2. The contrast: The vanity of idols and the Lord, the King of Nations
(Jeremiah 10:6)
3. The afflictio...
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY, This passage (like Jeremiah 9:23) interrupts
the connexion of Jeremiah 9:22 and Jeremiah 10:17; its denunciation of
the idols of the heathen as utterly futile for good or evil r...
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WHO... ? Words quoted in "the song of Moses and the Lamb" (Revelation
15:3; Revelation 15:4)....
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Jeremiah 10:1-16. The folly of idolatry
It is now generally recognised that this passage is a later
insertion, for (_a_) it breaks the connexion between Jeremiah 9:1-22
and Jeremiah 10:17 ff.; while...
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FOR TO THEE DOTH IT APPERTAIN— That is, according to some, _to thee
doth it appertain to be feared._ Houbigant renders it, _For the
government becomes thee, because amongst all the wise men of the
nat...
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B. The Incomparable God of Israel Jeremiah 10:6-16
TRANSLATION
(6) There is none like You O LORD; great are You and great is Your
name in power. (7) Who would not fear You, O King of the nations; for...
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Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in
all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
WHO WOULD NO...
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1-16. The folly of idolatry.
This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For (_a_) it
introduces a break in the sense; (_b_) there is less smoothness
between the parts than we generally fi...
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KING OF NATIONS. — Emphatically, “King of _the heathen”_
expressing the universal sovereignty of Jehovah in contrast with the
thought that He was the God of the Jews only. (Compare Romans 3:29.)
TO T...
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מִ֣י לֹ֤א יִֽרָאֲךָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַ
גֹּויִ֔ם כִּ֥י לְךָ֖ יָאָ֑תָה כִּ֣י
בְ כָל ־חַכְמֵ֧י הַ...
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CHAPTER VI
THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL
Jeremiah 10:1
THIS fine piece is altogether isolated from the surrounding context,
which it interrupts in a very surprising manner. Neither...
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY
Jeremiah 10:1-10; Jeremiah 19:1-15; Jeremiah 20:1-18; Jeremiah
21:1-14; Jeremiah 22:1-30; Jeremiah 23:1-40; Jeremiah 24:1-10;
Jeremiah 25:1-38
Jeremiah 10:1-10
We are here intr...
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Here begins the third movement in the commissioning of the prophet. In
it the sin of idolatry is first dealt with. The prophet revealed the
unutterable folly of idolatry in a powerful contrast between...
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_Wise. Manuscript 2 has in the margin "kings," perhaps more correctly.
(Kennicott)_...
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This is most striking sermon, and very highly finished, in which the
Prophet, in the Lord's name, asserts his divine nature and
sovereignty: and then displays the folly of idols. The words are so
plai...
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The Prophet exclaims, _Who will not fear thee? _This question is very
emphatical, as though he indignantly rebuked the stupidity of all
those who acknowledged not the only true God, as if he had said,...
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In chapter 10 the idols and the vanities of the nations are put in
contrast with Jehovah. In Verses 19-25 (Jeremiah 10:19-25) we have the
affliction of the prophet, speaking of the desolation of Jerus...
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WHO WOULD NOT FEAR THEE, O KING OF NATIONS?.... Not that the fear of
him among the nations was general, or that he was owned by them as
their King; but inasmuch as of right he was their King, so he ou...
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_Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it
appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and
in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee._
Ver. 7. _...
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_Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee_ This verse would be better
rendered, _O Lord, thou art great, so that there is none like unto
thee, and thy name is great, because of thy might. Who would n...
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THE NOTHINGNESS OF IDOLS...
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TO THEE DOETH IT:
Or, it liketh thee...
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1-16 The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the
folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural
help, or to pry into futurity, are copied from the wicked customs...
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WHO WOULD NOT FEAR THEE, O KING OF NATIONS? he is called a great King,
ZECHARIAH 1:14: q.d. Thou, by whom all nations are governed, and all
affairs in them disposed, and by none else, who would worshi...
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Jeremiah 10:7 fear H3372 (H8799) King H4428 nations H1471 due H2969
(H8804) wise H2450 nations H1471 kingdoms H4438
would - Jeremiah 5:22; Job 37:23-24; Luke 12:5; Revelation 15:4
O King -...
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THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ARE NOT TO LEARN THE WAY OF THE NATIONS BECAUSE,
WHILE YHWH IS GREAT BEYOND DESCRIBING, THEIR IDOLS ARE UTTERLY FUTILE
(JEREMIAH 10:1).
This passage, in a sequence of verses, comp...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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Jeremiah 10:1. _Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O
house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, concluded. Greatness of the true
God. Coming distresses in the land because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah is the one only living and tr...
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Jeremiah 10:2. _Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;_ at the
position of revolving planets on which the augurs found predictions,
and discover their ignorance. Be not dismayed at solar eclipses, at...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Section
1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig),
its authenticity disputed, a late interpolation by either the
ps...
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EXPOSITION
Whoever wrote the prophecy in Jeremiah 10:1 of this chapter, it was
not Jeremiah; but of course, as the passage forms part of a canonical
book, its claims to the character of a Scripture re...
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Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven [or the Zodiac]; for the heathen...
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1 Corinthians 1:19; 1 Corinthians 1:20; Isaiah 2:4; Jeremiah 10:6;
Jeremiah 5:22; Job 37:23; Job 37:24; Luke 12:5; Psalms 22:28; Psalms
72:11